$737 Find Cheap Flights from California to New Zealand

KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from California to New Zealand.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from California to New Zealand is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from California to New Zealand with an airline and back with another airline.

Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from California to New Zealand up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Lufthansa connects California to New Zealand with 36 flights per week. United Airlines also offers 36 flights per week, while Air New Zealand follows with 35 flights per week.

There are 25 airports in New Zealand. The busiest airport is Auckland Airport (AKL), with 46% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in New Zealand is Auckland Intl Airport (AKL), with an average flight price of $1,011.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New Zealand is Tuesday when return tickets can be as cheap as $1,673. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, when return prices are $2,113 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $910 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,045.

The cheapest ticket to New Zealand from California found in the last 72 hours was to Auckland, at $308 return. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Auckland (AKL) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $308.

The cheapest month for flights from California to New Zealand is November, when tickets cost $1,857 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $3,103 and $2,445 respectively.

To get a below-average price on the flight from California to New Zealand, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 21 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to New Zealand from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is San Francisco, with 99 direct flights each week.

There are around 28 direct flights from within California to New Zealand every day. Most flights (57%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 190 direct flights from within California to New Zealand. The most common day for departures is Wednesday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average direct flight from California to New Zealand takes 23h 18m, covering a distance of 17457 km. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Auckland (AKL) with an average flight time of 12h 50m.

There aren’t any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to New Zealand. Instead, there are 190 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from San Francisco.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Auckland (84% of total searches to New Zealand). The next most popular destinations are Christchurch (5%) and Queenstown (4%). Searches for flights to Wellington (3%), to Blenheim (1%), and to Nelson (1%) are also popular.